On Friday, Chinese authorities announced the arrest of a US citizen who runs a major think tank in Myanmar for allegedly endangering China’s national security. The New York Times reported that Min Zin, executive director of the Institute for Myanmar Strategy and Policy (ISP-Myanmar), disappeared on June 3 while visiting the city of Kunming in Yunnan province, citing sources with knowledge of the arrest. Another source told Reuters that Min Zin was “arrested at Kunming airport about two weeks ago.” A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson later confirmed the arrest, saying that Min Zin, a former student activist who participated in…
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Vietnamese authorities in recent days disrupted two groups trying to set up online scam operations in the country’s north, in what they said was a possible sign of an anti-scam crackdown spilling over into neighboring Cambodia. Police in Lao Cai province said yesterday that provincial investigators had recently raided a local hotel where a gang of scammers was trying to establish a cyber fraud operation, state media outlet Tuoi Tre reported. The raid took place on Friday, just as the group began carrying out fraudulent operations targeting Chinese citizens seeking loans. “Members allegedly posed as loan app employees, informed victims…
Holding a UFC card in the White House is wrong. The White House belongs to the American people, not to any president. The current president has vandalized the White House several times, but his destruction of the South Lawn to throw his birthday party is particularly twisted. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.No one asked for a UFC card to be kept at the White House. The event is not free for the American people. The White House grounds are a national park. A commercial event is held for profit in a space funded by taxpayers.…
The name of the Department of Defense and the title of Secretary of Defense can only be changed by an act of Congress. So it doesn’t matter if Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump change her job title to Queen of England. Hegseth’s official and legal title is Secretary of Defense, and that is how he will be referred to in this publication.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared on CBS’ Face The Nation to discuss the supposed deal coming any minute to end the war in Iran that Trump and Hegseth started and continued to lose. Even though CBS is now owned…
On Friday, as time ran out on a court order requiring Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center, the administration appealed to the court that ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center. building for a stay, but the judge refused the suspension, writing:Specifically, for the detailed reasons set forth in the Court’s decision, Defendants have not “convincingly shown that [they] Holder, 556 US 418, 426 (2009) (citing Hilton v. Braunskill, 481 US 770, 776 (1987)). Defendants have also failed to demonstrate that they “would be irreparably harmed in the absence of a stay,” id. (citing Hilton, 481…
Even though the Trump administration constantly tries to convince the American people that prices and costs are falling, life experience reveals the truth. When you go to the grocery store, fill up your gas tank, or open a utility bill, the proof is before our collective eyes that America is becoming less and less affordable. PoliticusUSA is unfiltered news and opinion. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Each increase caused by Trump’s policies represents an overwhelming total. The Joint Economic Committee is the congressional equivalent of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Democrats on the commission released a new report on…
Donald Trump keeps saying the United States is close to a deal with Iran, but Trump has been making the same statement for months in what appears to be an attempt to manipulate the stock market and oil prices.PoliticusUSA provides 100% independent news and opinions. Support us by becoming a subscriber.CNN’s Anderson Cooper recently echoed a series of claims Trump made a few months ago that a deal was being done with Iran:We have important points of agreement. They want to make a deal, and we are more than willing to do that.Well, I think we’ll end it. I can’t…
It’s getting harder for the White House to hide Donald Trump’s apparent decline. From most of his sitting events to difficulty movingthe president seems to have some physical problems. These problems could be associated with normal aging or chronic illness. The American people don’t know because the administration isn’t providing any information. Trump also appears to be showing signs of cognitive decline, which could be related to age or other issues. The American people have no idea, because according to the White House, Trump never sleeps and is sharp like a stalker.PoliticusUSA is news and opinion that doesn’t take its…
In what appears to be a preview of January 2027, Democrats have repeatedly found themselves in the House majority as many Republicans have stopped showing up for work. Since the Republicans only have a slim majority, when people show up on the floor, it means that the Democrats find themselves in the unprecedented position of being the minority party but holding the majority of votes. PoliticusUSA provides 100% independent news and opinions, free of political parties and billionaires. Support our work by becoming a subscriber.This circumstance does not mean that Hakeem Jeffries becomes temporary president; Mike Johnson still retains the…
A Bangkok court on Thursday sentenced two Uyghur men to death for setting off a bomb blast that killed twenty people and injured more than a hundred others more than a decade ago.“The deaths and injuries caused by the attack are a terrible tragedy, and the victims and their families deserve justice,” Rebiya Kadeer of the International Uyghur Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy (IUHRDF) told RFA. “However, justice cannot be achieved through proceedings that leave unanswered important questions regarding due process, the treatment of defendants and the reliability of key evidence,” Kadeer added.uighur-bangkok-erawan-shrine-bombing-verdict The Erawan Shrine in Bangkok the…